Opinion
October 31, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Jiudice, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Commissioner of Correctional Services has the authority to transfer inmates from one correctional facility to another and inmates have no constitutional or statutory right to their prior housing status (see, Correction Law § 23; Matter of Jackson v Coughlin, 199 A.D.2d 704; Matter of Howard v. Miller, 193 A.D.2d 988; Matter of Martin v. Henderson, 159 A.D.2d 867; Finetti v Soley, 73 A.D.2d 955). The petitioner has shown no circumstances meriting this Court's interference with the broad discretion of the Commissioner to transfer inmates among correctional facilities (Matter of Inman v. Coughlin, 131 A.D.2d 900). Santucci, J.P., Joy, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.